Date: 06 Jun 1998 15:03:48 -0500 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic Files Message-ID: <85k96uthzv.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: Dima Dorfman's message of "Fri, 5 Jun 1998 21:27:20 -0400 (EDT)" References: <199806060127.VAA02288@nwalme.pair.com>
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Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> writes: > Is there a way I can create a dynamic file? What I want is that when a > program opens a file (using fopen), a pipe gets created to a program. I > can do this if the program uses popen, but I can't modify the code. > > Example: > My mailer (elm) opens ~/.sig using fopen. I have a program that > automatically generates my signature. I want the output of that program > treated as my signature. Make ~/.sig a FIFO, and have a daemon that writes your signature to it. When elm opens it, it will read the automatically generated signature. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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